{"id":33914,"date":"2021-06-07T15:10:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T15:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33914"},"modified":"2021-06-07T15:10:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T15:10:03","slug":"revert-old-user-interface-firefox-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/revert-old-user-interface-firefox-89\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Revert to the Old User Interface in Firefox 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/firefox-70icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/firefox-70icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9472\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since version 89, the free and open-source Firefox web browser makes use of the new &#8216;Proton&#8217; UI design. <\/p>\n<p>For those who do not like the new Firefox appearance, the configuration options to re-enable the old style interface is still available in the 89 release.<\/p>\n<h3>Revert to old UI Design in Firefox 89:<\/h3>\n<p>Firstly, type <code style=\"border:none;\">about:config<\/code> in the address bar and hit Enter. Click on the &#8216;<i>Accept the Risk and Continue<\/i>&#8216; button when it prompts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-aboutconfig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-aboutconfig-600x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" class=\"size-large wp-image-33916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-aboutconfig-600x356.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-aboutconfig-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-aboutconfig-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-aboutconfig.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next type <b>browser.proton<\/b> in the search box. Then click on the double arrow icons to disable the values of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>browser.proton.contextmenus.enabled<\/li>\n<li>browser.proton.doorhangers.enabled<\/li>\n<li>browser.proton.enabled<\/li>\n<li>browser.proton.modals.enabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-disableproton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-disableproton-600x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-disableproton-600x356.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-disableproton-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-disableproton-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox-disableproton.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Firefix UI will change immediately after the settings. And you can reset these settings to get back the new &#8216;Proton&#8217; UI design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox89-oldui.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox89-oldui-600x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-33915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox89-oldui-600x341.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox89-oldui-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox89-oldui-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/firefox89-oldui.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>In addition<\/b>, the previous settings is going to be removed in next release according to <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=1709425\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this bug<\/a>. So using a <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/themes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">browser theme<\/a> could be a good choice for long time solution.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since version 89, the free and open-source Firefox web browser makes use of the new &#8216;Proton&#8217; UI design. For those who do not like the new Firefox appearance, the configuration options to re-enable the old style interface is still available in the 89 release. Revert to old UI Design in Firefox 89: Firstly, type about:config [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1194],"class_list":["post-33914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-firefox"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}